Monday, December 13, 2010

Thanks to some great friends in the area, I filled three boxes and brought them to the post office today (not the best day to do that-it was quite crowded!). They weighed a total of 27 pounds and were filled with banana and pumpkin breads, brownies, raisin cookies, chocolate chip cookie bars,

As I was in the midst of baking, the heating element of my oven caught fire and burned out, but I heard good news from other team mates!
Anu from Idaho shipped about 5 dozen M&M cookies, 1 card, 12 granola bars, 1 bag chex mix and Alicia from Washington state got 3 boxes in the mail full of cookies, candy, drink mixes, licorice, sunflower seeds, puzzle books, jerky, and a Christmas card. Team Caring and Sharing - you're doing a great job! Thank you.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Andrea from Oregon emailed me to say, "We sent Jonathan sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate cookies, rainbow cookies, blistex, batteries, tictacs, a puzzle book, and some candy. We are from Oregon, so it was fun having a "local" soldier to ship to!"

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

So for 'Team Caring and Sharing' Jon's family said that Cowboy Cookies and Carrot Cookies are two of his favorites. I had never heard of either! Carrot cake - yes, just made one last week, but to make it into a cookie? Ok, so I found a few recipes on-line, but most are sandwich

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Baking GALS ship dates for this round is anytime between Dec 1-18. That starts tomorrow! Not to worry, if you haven't signed up for Team Caring and Sharing, yet. You still can sign up during the shipping period for this extended round. Join us in baking for Jon and sending some holiday cheer and goodies to

Monday, November 29, 2010

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving with family, friends and good food! Here are a couple of cakes from the past week-carrot cake and chocolate covered cheesecake. It was a busy week and I didn't get to take pictures of everything and the couple of shots I did take are not too good, but you get the idea! Please let me know if you want any recipes.

I hope everyone is gearing up to bake or baking already for Jon. I've been told, "He's never met a cookie he didn't like, but favorites include cowboy cookies, classic chocolate chip and carrot cake cookies."Anyone have any good recipes for cowboy cookies or carrot cake cookies? Anyone ever heard of cowboy

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

What's baking?
Ganache covered chocolate crust cheesecakes in the works! Not too many ingredients- crust is chocolate sandwich cookies (Oreo or Joe-Joe) and a little bit of butter, cheesecake is only cream cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla with sour cream topping. 2 cakes and 2 dozen minis need to set up and refrigerate 24 hours before covering/smothering in ganache!

Monday, November 22, 2010

Boxes for packing and shipping to military are free and available at post offices or you can order them on-line. Here's information from usps about Priority Mail APO/FPO Flat Rate Boxes:A quick, easy, and convenient way for you to ship Priority Mail packages to military personnel serving overseas. The Priority

Saturday, November 20, 2010

I started a new Facebook page, Susan's Cake Decorating Class, for my teaching 'stuff' and to be able to share things like class schedules, student cakes, new products from Wilton, etc. So please go there to find out more

Friday, November 19, 2010

Our CSA share has brought us some interesting veggies and I will miss the box of weekly surprises since this is the last of the season. Well, there were green tomatoes this week. My first time I've ever had them so, I thought I'd make a Fried Green Tomato! I sliced the

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

As you can tell from the previous posts, I lam very excited to be leading 'Team Caring and Sharing' with Operation Baking GALS and to have the privilege of baking for Jonathan! If you’d like to join my team.1) go to Operation Baking GALS and log in or create

I am leading a team, Sharing and Caring, for Operation Baking GALS. I hope you will read about Jon, below, and join my team. You can go to www.bakingGALS.com. Once you are registered, you will be able to log in and go to 'meet a round 26 team' and also go to 'join a round 26

Many of you know that I enjoy working with the group Baking GALS. I am participating this round by leading a team for my friend Karen's nephew. I would love to have you join Team Caring and Sharing and send

Monday, November 8, 2010

Just a few more photos from the sugar class to show the set up and some of the techniques and, of course, Keith Ryder. He is a wonderful instructor, although he makes it look so easy and it is definitely not. Keith is extremely knowledgeable, generous, talented, has great way of teaching and sharing, and a sense of humor. Can you tell I liked the class, even though my thumbs are still slightly burned and sore? Here's a shot of the set-up

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Had a great day today playing with sugar. Went to a class about pulled and blown sugar with Keith Ryder - so informative and fun. He makes it look so easy! It's all just sugar!

During the class we were able to really get a feel for working with sugar and isomalt. Learned the correct consistency, temperatures and texture for pulling, blowing and shaping the sugar. It's one of those skills that takes much practice to get it right. So I have a ways ahead of me, but it was fun! Here's a sampling of what I made in class.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

What's Baking?Hosted book club and author chat here. We read Erica Bauermeister's The School of Essential Ingredients to mixed reviews. I thoroughly enjoyed the book because it was about food and sharing! All appreciated the author's insight in our discussion with her. Although there are no recipes in the book, as students are encouraged to understand the essential ingredients and go from there, Erica does have a few posted on her website. I baked, of course, and chose Carl's White on White Cake. I often use recipes loosely and so in this case, I added Fiori di Sicilia

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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and vote for Icing Smiles to receive Pepsi grant to provide custom celebration cakes to children with critical illness. Please continue to vote everyday until the end of the month. Thanks!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

I will be teaching a Gum Paste and Fondant class in September at AC Moore in Montgomeryville. This month the cost is 40% off the $45. So it's only $27 for 8 hours of class plus supplies (lesson book, kit, cake stuff!) Classes begin the first week of September so stop by the store to register or call (215) 699-7224 for the schedule or let me know if you have any questions.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Took a break from the kitchen to play with another passion of mine: jewelry making. I went to a workshop at the Phila Bead Fest and learned a technique for bead mosaics. Joan Babcock demonstrated and then we worked with a one of her patterns before making one of our own. This is what I did! Lots more ideas that I would like to try now. I might be tempted to clean up my shop and light up the torch soon again!

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